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Greg Behrendt started guitar lessons at 44; the He's Just Not That Into You author and comedian, now 50, cashed in on lessons with professional guitarist Michael Eisenstein, a birthday present from his wife. For Behrendt, the road to middle-aged surf-rocker has been paved in good advice and failed experiments...

Skacore Invasion MadAve Grounds 7/20/2013 The seventh annual Los Angeles Skacore Invasion took place last Saturday in Silver Lake. The one day festival mainly featured Southern California bands, both amateur and veteran, but also played host to several prominent international acts, including Mexico's Sekta Core and Royal Club. The graffiti...

So you want to go to a ska show. Or maybe you want to start a ska band. Good for you! Now the question is: What should you wear? Because, nothing will identify you as an impostor faster than a wack outfit. The first thing to know: Since ska is...

Sublime played their first gig 25 years ago in Long Beach -- on July 4th, 1988. (The show is said to have started a riot, with a bunch of arrests.) From then until Bradley Nowell's untimely death in 1996, not much still exists in the way of video. But amateur...

Sublime played their first gig in Long Beach on July 4, 1988, and this year the group would have been 25. A new live album, 3 Ring Circus: Live at the Palace - October 21, 1995, marks the occasion, growing the reggae-punk act's posthumous catalogue to Pac-like proportions. Though the...

Rock the Boat LA, featuring Viernes 13 Long Beach Harbor May 31, 2013 Underground ska band Viernes 13 -- which means Friday the 13th, you gringo -- incorporate elements of punk and rockabilly. On Friday night, for a booze cruise called Rock the Boat LA, they performed on a boat...